Biography

Listening to Mindy McQ's warm, silky vocals and well-crafted songs puts a listener in mind of Harlem, Detroit, Chicago or Philadelphia, harking back to the classic soul tracks of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. One would never dream that these songs and that voice, so sultry and knowing, are the product of a shy, lanky girl from rural Ohio, who never thought of doing music until graduating from high school. But they are. Initially more folk-oriented, she quickly found herself gravitating to a melding of classic soul, funk and jazz, developing a style that contains elements of such performers as Alicia Keys, Nora Jones and Jill Scott. From that style, and in her few four years as a performer, she has been blessed to share bills with musical icons such as Mary J. Blige, Robert Lockwood Jr., The Coup, Suzanne Vega, Marc Broussard and Alana Davis. So where is she going with this? In Mindy's words... "Standing still makes me ache. In every inch of my life, I want to see what I'm capable of. Music is the most lovely thing I've experienced so far... So this is me figuring it out."